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Neil reviews John Murphy’s book Brandfather:
The Man Who Invented Branding.
In his book Murphy describes his career from a job in
corporate planning to the creation of a brand naming, such as PROZAC and ZENECA,
and trademark prosecution company to the establishment of Interbrand and, in
particular, the development of the field of brand valuation.

Intern Kat Verónica Rodríguez Arguijo
continues her report from the 11th edition of the Pan-European Intellectual
Property Summit which took place on 1st and 2nd December at the World Customs
Organization in Brussels.

Never Too Late
135 [week ending on Sunday 12 February] | Playing Polo with potential defendants I
KYLIE trade mark battle spinning around I When the IP community reaches out to
the broader public: the story of IDIA in India I Too big to pay?
Employee-inventor compensation in the Court of Appeal I Willow Tea Rooms: A
tale of tea and trade marks (Part 2) I BREAKING: AG Szpunar advises CJEU to
rule that The Pirate Bay makes acts of communication to the public I No more
counterfeiters! Chanel, Apple, Bayer, LVMH (and more) write to President
Juncker on revision to IP Enforcement Directive I Is German SEP litigation set
to increase with the "confidentiality club decision" of the Higher
Regional Court of Düsseldorf? I After Sweden and Germany, GS Media finds its
application in the Czech Republic

Never Too Late 134[week ending on Sunday 5 February] |
King Tut's tomb: conservation or replication (but don't forget the
"aura")? | Willow Tea Rooms: A tale of tea and trade marks Part 1 |
The next round of Cartier: UK Supreme Court will hear appeal re costs of
intermediary injunctions | New National IP Strategic Action Plan in China |
Full decision of Enlarged Board of Appeal in partial priority / poisonous
divisionals referral (G01/15) published |INGRES Conference Part II - Trade
Secret, Copyright, Design and Trade Mark Law Developments |5 mistakes to avoid
in IP student essays ... and not only there | INGRES Conference Part I -
European Patent Law Developments | Remembering Masaya Nakamura, the
"Father of Pac-Man"

Never Too Late 133[week ending on Sunday 29 January] |
IP Summit 2016 (First Part) | When a quote becomes famous: even if it was never
quite said that way | The trademark licensing question that won't go away: the
standing of a licensee to sue | Would you like a side of Mr Justice Arnold on
SPCs with your wind turbine? Teva v Gilead, Abraxis v Comptroller and Wobben v
Siemens kick of 2017's patent cases | AIPPI (UK) Event: 2016's patent cases -
all you really need to know | BREAKING: CJEU rules that EU law does NOT prevent
punitive damages in IP cases | Supreme Court rules Act of Parliament is needed
to initiate UK leaving the EU| Book review: "From Maimonides to Microsoft:
The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print"| Applications for
information on infringers can be made outside of IP infringement proceedings|
The Michael Jordan case in China – to be continued

Never Too Late 132[week ending on Sunday 22 January] |When
this Kat doesn't know, he reaches out to Kat readers: what really happened at
the dawn of modern commercial trademark use? I Social media,
"WikiLeaks" and false news in the 18th century: Thomas Jefferson and
the "Mazzei letter" I Does the economic impact of SPCs necessitate
SPC Regulation reform? The European Commission wants to find out I A look at
the proposal for the ePrivacy Regulation I BGH: to cease means to recall I
Never too Late x2 I Around the IP Blogs

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